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Agni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" (noun), cognate with Latin ignis (the root of English ignite), Russian ogon (fire), spelled agon and ogni, spelled agni (fires). Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun.Agni is one of the most important of the Vedic gods. He is the god of fire, the messenger of the gods, the acceptor of sacrifice. The sacrifices made to Agni go to the deities because Agni is a messenger from and to the other gods. He is ever-young, because the fire is re-lit every day; but also he is immortal.
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The Agni missile (Sanskrit: अग्नी, Agnī "Fire") is a series of Short to Intermediate range ballistic missiles developed by India under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. As of 2007, it consists of three missiles of varying ranges- the 700 km range, short-ranged Agni-I, the 2500 km medium-range Agni-II and the 3500 km intermediate-range Agni-III. It was first tested at the Interim Test Range in  Chandipur in 1989, and is capable of carrying a conventional payload of 1000 kg (2,200 lb) or a nuclear warhead. It consists of one (short range) or two stages (intermediate range). It is rail and road mobile. It is powered by solid and/or liquid propellants.
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Noun
1. (Sanskrit) god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
(hypernym) Hindu deity
(classification) Sanskrit, Sanskritic language

n. fishnet, net for catching fish, net, netting, network; spider's web; cobweb, dragnet, filet, graticule, mesh

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[Hindu] Agni is one of the most important of the Vedic gods. He is the god of fire, the messenger of the gods, the acceptor of sacrifice. Agni is in everyone's hearth; he is the vital spark of life, and so a part of him is in all living things; he is the fire which consumes food in peoples' stomachs, as well as the fire which consumes the offerings to the gods. He is the fire of the sun, in the lightening bolt, and in the smoke column which holds up the heavens. The stars are sparks from his flame. He was so important to the ancient Indians that 200 hymns in the Rig Veda are addressed to him, and eight of its ten books begin with praises dedicated to him. Agni is closely associated with Indra, and is sometimes said to be his twin brother. Thus Dyaus Pita and Prthivi are named as two of his parents. But he has many more. Sometimes Kasyapa and Aditi are his parents; another time he is the son of a queen who keeps his birth secret from her king. He was born, like Indra, in full power a...
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